Two-Way Read-and-Show Illustrated Flip-Over Storytelling or Picture Books and Aids

Abstract

A selected number of pages are arranged in book-like fashion and bound together so that the book may be displayed with one hand under the back cover held by the instructor, storyteller or reader. The other hand is free to turn the pages and make reference to objects within the illustrations facing the audience. The back cover may be approximately horizontal to the floor. The pages facing the audience may be approximately perpendicular to the floor. The first story page facing the audience carries an illustration depicting a portion of the story, while the second story page facing the reader carries a mirror image of the illustration seen on the first story page along with the text that relates a portion of the story and both first and second story pages are in diametric contraposition to each other on separate and sequential pages bound with a horizontal spiral binding within the book.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A two-way read-and-show illustrated flip-over storytelling or picture book or aid, wherein the book or aid is bound horizontally with a binding and comprises
 (1) at least one set of two adjacent pages, a first page and a second page, on two separate and sequential adjacent leaves, a first leaf and a second leaf, that are in diametric contraposition to each other and bound such that the binding is on a top edge of the first leaf containing the first page and the second leaf containing the second page; and   (2) a first non-symmetrical image or illustration—in the first page on the first leaf and a second non-symmetrical image or illustration in the second page on the second leaf are mirror images of each other.   
     
     
         2 . The book or aid of  claim 1 , wherein for at least one set of adjacent pages—the first page has accompanying text and the second page has the same accompanying text. 
     
     
         3 . The book or aid of  claim 1 , wherein for at least one set of adjacent pages the first page has the first non-symmetrical image or illustration and has accompanying text and the second page has the second non-symmetrical image or illustration and does not have accompanying text 
     
     
         4 . The book or aid of  claim 1 , wherein for at least one set of adjacent pages the first page has the first non-symmetrical image or illustration and does not have accompanying text and the second page has the second non-symmetrical image or illustration and does not have accompanying text. 
     
     
         5 . The book or aid of  claim 1 , wherein for at least one set of adjacent pages the first non-symmetrical images or illustration and the second non-symmetrical image or illustration are the same size. 
     
     
         6 . The book or aid of  claim 1 , wherein for at least one set of adjacent pages. the first non-symmetrical image or illustration is larger than the second non-symmetrical image or illustration. 
     
     
         7 . The book or aid of  claim 1  is selected from the group consisting of children's books, pictorial books, fictional books, fables, storybooks, nonfictional books, textbooks, science books, history books, and social studies books. 
     
     
         8 . A kit for creating a book or aid wherein the book or aid is bound horizontally with a binding and comprises
 (1) at least one set of two adjacent pages, a first page and a second page, on two separate and sequential adjacent leaves, a first leaf and a second leaf, in the book or aid that are in diametric contraposition to each other and bound such that the binding is on a top edge of the first leaf containing the first page and the second leaf containing the second page; and   (2) a first non-symmetrical image or illustration in the first page on the first leaf and a second non-symmetrical image or illustration in the second page on the second leaf are mirror images of each other;   comprising   a book publishing system to produce from user input at least one set of first pages with the first non-symmetrical image and illustration and second pages with the second non-symmetrical image or illustration, wherein the first non-symmetrical image or illustration in the first page and a second non-symmetrical image or illustration in the second page are mirror images of each other; and   a blank book that comprises a front cover, a back cover, a binding, blank leaves, and/or pocket-leaves for insertion of the pages produced by using the software program.   
     
     
         9 . The kit of claim, wherein the book publishing system automatically produces the first pages with the first non-symmetrical image or illustration to be mirror images of the second pages with the second non-symmetrical images or illustrations created from user input. 
     
     
         10 . The kit of claim, wherein the book publishing system automatically produces the second pages with the second non-symmetrical images or illustrations to be mirror images of the first pages with the first non-symmetrical images or illustrations created from user input.